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Hack-Man wrote:

> Don West is kind of an annoying hick, but is probably still better
> than most of the WWE color commentators.  Still, I'd wish they'd
> find someone better before they grow the company any more.

This was my first exposure to him and the only problem I had is that I 
found him a WEE bit too high-energy.

> It's nice to see talents like Jim Mitchell and Raven earning a
> living from the business they're so good at.

Having seen Raven for so long in ECW, his presence in MLW seems like 
he's back at home.

> This was TNA's first cage match.  It wasn't a "climb over the top to
> win" rules; the cage was simply there to stop outside interference.
> That didn't stop Elix Skipper (and sometimes others) from climbing
> to the top a bunch of times.  Speaking of Elix, he seems to have
> bulked up a lot, but also seems to have lost a bunch of his cool
> moves.  He had one or two new moves that I hadn't seen before (and I
> liked) but I think it is a net decrease in workrate since his WCW
> days.  The three white guys bled, which helped the intensity of the
> match.

I never liked Skipper much in WCW and thought his Overdrive finisher was 
an accident begging to happen.  He looked like he's polished up quite a 
bit since WCW.

I was impressed that the two moves hit from the top of the cage (Skipper 
with a splash and AMW with the Midnight Express Veg-O-Matic)

> I'm sure Sting being on the cards bumped up their PPV buys, but
> personally, I'd rather see another X Division match than see Sting
> plod around the ring looking menacing.  To be honest, he hasn't been
> all that great since he stopped roiding out and changed from the
> spikey blond hair to the long dark hair.  It was nice to see Waltman
> again, though they didn't show much of the match while he was in the
> ring, so I couldn't see if he was a great as everyone said he was
> when he first showed up in TNA.

I always thought Sting's downfall happened when they screwed up the big 
Sting/Hogan match at Starrcade.

Michael


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